title: [Significance of reprocessed 3D gradient echo sequences in spinal MRT for surgical interventions in syringomyelia].
abstract: Taking a patient with advanced syringomyelia as an example, the article presents a method in which reprocessed 3D-gradient echo sequences from spinal MRI allow centred reconstructions which show all sections of the syrinx, even where the spinal column is curved. This method played an essential role in satisfactorily determining the position of the syrinx for a median myelotomy which, according to clinical criteria, brought about an effective reduction in pressure from the syrinx.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Abteilung, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Regensburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gruss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Megele
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Obletter
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kett
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Breit
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Bedeutung der nachverarbeiteten 3D-Gradienten-Echosequenzen bei spinaler MRT für operative Massnahmen bei Syringomyelie.